Microsoft named a new chief operating officer this week. Kevin Turner comes to Redmond after 19 years with Wal-Mart where he most recently was president and CEO of Sam’s Club.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/05/2005
IBM/Lotus is shipping updated editions of its WebSphere Portal for mid-range and big iron systems that bring those systems into sync with the portal on other platforms.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/04/2005
The Microsoft Security Response Center said Thursday that it plans to release six security bulletins for Windows in August. The maximum severity of the bulletins, scheduled to post on Tuesday, is critical.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/04/2005
Microsoft sees desktop tech cert catching on, with the company issuing more than 8,000 Microsoft Certified Desktop Technician titles as of June this year.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/04/2005
Installing XP SP2 can sometimes cause Simple File Sharing to turn on and conflict with GPOs. Here's a workaround.
Microsoft has scheduled four Webcasts starting at midnight on Sept. 15 to unveil the "Next Generation of Software Assurance."
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/03/2005
iWay Software, one of the most prolific writers of application adapters for Microsoft's BizTalk Server, sold a bundle of the adapters to Microsoft, the companies said this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/03/2005
Meanwhile, Microsoft reveals what the Nov. 7 "launch" of BizTalk Server 2006 really means.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/03/2005
What to do if your Entourage email client allows you to receive email, but not send any.
The speech recognition technologies Microsoft is developing around Microsoft Speech Server will be integrated into a future version of Microsoft Exchange Server, the company announced Tuesday at a speech technology conference in New York.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/02/2005
Late last week in Seattle, Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez issued a temporary restraining order preventing Google from asking its intended head of China operations, former Microsoft employee Kai-Fu Lee, from doing anything that could be seen as competing with Microsoft.
Bill Gates will kick off the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 with a keynote on Sept. 13, Microsoft announced over the weekend.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/02/2005
Even as Microsoft unveiled the new, mandatory Genuine Advantage 1.0 last week, hackers were prepared to show anyone who wants to bypass the anti-counterfeit device exactly how to do so.
New versions of products to include an Enterprise Edition of Windows Vista and a Premium version of Office. CEO Steve Ballmer also promises additional small acquisitions but no blockbuster deals.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/01/2005
Microsoft has found an innovative way to get fast feedback from customers -- blogs.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- 08/01/2005
Russ and a reader argue about the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Grokster and file sharing.
If you had previously dismissed storage networks as being too costly and complex for your organization, it may be time for another look.
How to get past RPC errors; logging onto the right user profile.
From the business wires this week: tools for tracking Active Directory and domain controller activities and system log data; a portable wireless router; and a tool for comparing and syncing folders.
Shavlik Technologies is going public with a very high-end patch management offering for the most select of Windows customers -- those who have already shelled out a reputed $200,000 or more to Microsoft for a Custom Support Agreement for Windows NT 4.0.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/28/2005